Nick Newell is back in the fray. The lightweight prospect inked a new four-fight deal with World Series of Fighting on Friday, and is now scheduled to fight an undetermined opponent on April 10 at WSOF 20, WSOF executive vice president and matchmaker Ali Abdel-Aziz informed MMAFighting.com. Newell, 28, has been locked in contract negotiations with WSOF since his July 5 title challenge against WSOF lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, which headlined the promotion's inaugural show on NBC. A conge read news >>

A host of fights have been slated for the UFC's first trip to the Philippines on May 16, according to UFC officials Wednesday.TUF China winner Zhang Lipeng (9-8-1) will square off against Kajan Johnson (19-12-1), and Tae Hung Bang (17-8) faces Jon Tuck (8-2), in lightweight battles at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.Flyweight contests between Nolan Ticman (4-2) and Yao Zhikui (1-2), as well as Roldan Sangch-an (4-1) against Jon Delos Reyes (7-4), have also been added on the fight card.Li Jingli read news >>

Justin Gaethje's next fight will be a home game. Headlined by a lightweight title bout between desert native Gaethje and hard-charging Luis Palomino, WSOF 19 is slated to take place March 28 at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., promotion officials announced Friday. Born and raised in Safford, Ariz., Gaethje (13-0) has quickly proven himself to be one of WSOF's most promising draws, amassing a flawless 6-0 record with five KO/TKO stoppages inside the promotion. Of late, Gaethje brutally fin read news >>

Francis Carmont's Bellator debut will be at a brand new weight class. A formerly ranked UFC middleweight, the six-foot-three Carmont will shoot up to 205 pounds for a light heavyweight match-up against TUF Brazil 3 alum Guilherme Viana at Bellator 135, promotion officials announced Tuesday. That fight, along with a newly-announced lightweight clash between Ryan Couture and Dakota Cochrane, are expected to round out Bellator 135's main card, which airs March 27 live on Spike TV. Carmont (22-10) a read news >>

Sergio Moraes will finally return to the Octagon. A multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion, Moraes is set to take on Peter Sobotta at the UFC Fight Night 64 show in Krakow, Poland, on April 11. Sources close to the situation confirmed the match-up to MMAFighting.com following a report from MMANews. Moraes (8-2) hasn’t fought since a quick first-round submission over Neil Magny on Aug. 3, 2013. He was initially scheduled to return in November of 2013 against Sean Spencer, but pulled out from the read news >>

Originally slated for November, John Lineker vs. Ian McCall is finally going to happen. The top-ranked flyweights, who had their UFC Fight Night 56 bout cancelled after "Uncle Creepy" felt sick after the weigh-ins in November, will collide at the UFC 183 card in Las Vegas on Jan. 31. The Brazilian is confident that the extra time to prepare for McCall will result in a victory. "I had a great training camp in my city for this fight, and wrapped it up at American Top Team in Florida, working on my read news >>

Light heavyweights will collide when Ovince St. Preux and Patrick Cummins meet on April 18 at UFC on FOX 15. The UFC announced the bout Wednesday. Both St. Preux, No. 8, and Cummins, No. 15, are ranked within lower-half of the UFC's media-generated light heavyweight rankings. Having demolished Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in just 34 seconds this past November, St. Preux (17-6) rides into the contest with a newfound wave of momentum at his back. A product of the Strikeforce days, St. Preux stopped the f read news >>